LIAT begins process to cut staff

ST JOHN’S, Antigua– Regional carrier LIAT is offering employees voluntary separation and early retirement packages as it moves to cut staff numbers.

The offer to full-time, permanent employees who have no disciplinary action pending against them and have been employed for more than six years, comes less than three months after shareholder governments agreed on a plan to send home 180 workers.

The Antigua-based carrier said downsizing was the only way to ensure its survival.